UFC Fight Night 29: The Forum Threads

By: Jeff SherwoodOct 10, 2013

Victory came with a price for Rousimar Palhares. | Photo:
Marcelo Alonso/Sherdog.com

Rousimar
Palhares made a successful debut at 170 pounds at
UFC Fight Night 29, as he submitted Mike Pierce
with a heel hook on Wednesday at Jose Correa Gymnasium in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. However, his decision to cling to the hold even
after Pierce tapped out proved costly.

Despite landing the event’s only submission, Palhares was denied a
$50,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus due to what
Ultimate Fighting Championship officials deemed
“unsportsmanlike conduct.” The Brazilian leg lock ace was behind
another such incident at UFC 111, where he submitted Tomasz Drwal
with a first-round heel hook. Palhares was subsequently suspended
for 90 days because he refused to release the hold after referee
Kevin Mulhall had called a stop to the fight.

UFC Fight Night 29 spawned a number of threads on the Sherdog.net
forums: